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The Citation breaking gods have answered me.

I will be heading to Bar Harbor (KBHB) in the morning.
I have a flap pointer to repair and then I will be hanging out for a couple of hours to catch a flight back to BOS.

I get to work on a Thunder Mustang on friday. (oil leak)
Then I'm gonna get paid to fly to BHB and get to see SJ while I'm there on Saturday.

I might almost like my job again.

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Hey,

Just got home from BHB.

I got the call at 11:30 last night. Planned my trip for the morning and was up at 7:AM.
Drove to Bedford (KBED) to pack tools and open the W.O. Drove to Wilmington, MA to pick up the part at Fedex. Drove to Boston to buy a ticket and fly to Bar Harbor (KBHB)
I got on the 11:00 AM flight arrived at BHB at 12:10
I arrive at the FBO on the ramp at BHB and the girl at the front desk goes to hand me the key to the A/C and she also hands me a note.


"HEY KEN LANGUIO WE CAME TO FIND YOU BUT NO YOURE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
GIVE US A CALL ###-###-####
SIgned THE COL-N-BETTER HALF, PLUS THE REST OF THE MSBM"


Does anybody recognize this odd form of code?


Anyway, I installed the small cap on the flap position pointer, fired up the 560XL to ops check the flaps and finished the paperwork.
There were 4 Netjets airplanes on the ramp and I called them to see where they were going to maybe bum a ride home. No chance!

I went back next door and booked a ride home on a 1900 to BOS and jumped on the local shuttle bus go get a sandwich before flying back.
The subshop I went to first was closed so I went up the street to walk around the B-17, take a few pictures and say hello. I was chatting to a crewmember for a few minutes and was offered a ride back to the terminal if I ran out of time. Off to the subshop down the road with 40 minutes to spare. After I grabbed a sub and a drink, I started walking back to the terminal. A few seconds later a car honked and pulled over.
I approached the car not having any idea who it may be.

It was the girl from the FBO who recognized my P-51 T-Shirt.
She picked me up and I made it with time to spare.

Back to BOS and my bag at the baggage claim. (Tool bags must be checked) Into my truck and home at 5:30

WHEW!

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And Rob even did the cooking! Next time, Ken,remember, always call ahead for reservations!

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Col. Rohr wrote:
Hey Ken,

You know if your phone was turn on we might have meet up. And what was this you saying you were going tobe on the ground all morning no we go over and you were no-where to be found to bad you missed out on the BBQ at Dons house.

Maybe next time you'll get that phone of yours fix :wink:


When did you call? While I was in the 1900 at 10k?
Maybe you misspelled the number? :oops:

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Hey Ken, what time did you come into Trenton? We left the FBO between 1130 and 1200 or so.

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BOS to BHB 11:00 to 12:05
BHB to BOS 3:20 to 4:30

Had the part installed in ten minutes, I had to run the AC to ops check the flap pointer.
Paperwork and a chat with Steve Collins, I was done by 1:30.

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Your Schedule was a little to tight for us! The Colonel suggested driving back down as we were still in the Ellsworth area. I'm glad we didn't as traffic was getting bad and by the time we got there, you would have been feet wet and beating it for Boston! And all for a flap indicator? Nobody had the ambition to stick there head out the window and call "FLAPS UP!"? :shock: :roll: :wink:

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The arm was still there, the tip cap was ripped off.

Yesterday I had to go close an open light lense in the cabin ceiling. Dumb Pilot.

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Close light lens-Ops Check Okay!?

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Stupid pilots bring back a lot of memories. I just wish the stupid part always was one sided :oops:

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